Sanitary delivery and display package.



PATENTED Nov. s, `1903.

W. B..PAGE.

SANITARY DELIVERY AND DISPLAY PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 7, 1902.

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ffy/MM UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

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IVILLIAM B. PAGE, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PAGE MODEL BUT- TERCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SANITARY DELIVERY AND DISPLAY PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 742,900, dated November3, 1903.

Application iiled March 7, 1902. Serial No. 97.149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. PAGE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Dixon, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements iu Sanitary Delivery andDisplay Packages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sanitary delivery and displaypackages, and more particularly to a package designed for delivery ofbutter or the like.

The invention is an improvement of my prior invention delivery-packages,patent for which issued on the 5th day of November, 1901, No. 685,938.

The object of the invention is t-o provide a construction adapted tolessen the liability to breakage and to provide a lock for the coveradapted to be quickly released when desired.

The invention consists in the matter hereinafter described, and morefully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure lis a longitudinal vertical section of a deviceembodying my invention, showing the handle and fastening means elevated.Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryvertical section similar to that shown in Fig. 2, showing the handleturned down and fastening means in holding position. Fig. Il is ahorizontal section taken in the plane of the top of the insulating-base.

As shown in said drawings, A indicates an insulating-base, of wood,paper, strawboard, or other poor conductor of heat. 'Around the top ofsaid insulating-base A is provided a groove of sucient depth toreceivethe bottom margin of a cover B and to hold the same from lateralor longitudinal movement thereon. Said cover or top is approximatelyrectangular in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 4, and is of a size andvertical height sufficient to receive or contain a pound cake of butter,or larger. In size said plate B' is smaller than the bottom of thecover, which fits loosely around the same and is held out of contacttherewith by the grooves in the insulatingbase. As shown also, a packingof rubber or other suitable material is provided on the sides of theplate B', which acts to prevent 55 contact thereof with the cover whenthe package is empty, thereby preventing breakage in transportation.

Secured to the insulating-base A by-means of staples a or the like arethe wires C C', 6o each of which forms aloop adapted to extend to apoint above the cover. The loop of the wire C is slightly narrower thanthat of the wire C and is adapted to project through the y same, asshown in Fig. 1. Secured on the transverse portion c of the wire C isthe handle c', comprising a piece of wire bent at its ends to engagearound the transverse portion c of the loop C. A loop c2, similar to theloop c', but smaller, engages the transverse 7o portion c between theends ot the handle c. The ends of the wire (indicated by c3) are'carriedover the part c, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, and directed laterallyof the package on the side thereof to which is secured the wires C. Whensaid loop is in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, said ends aredirected slightly upwardly and laterally beyond the loop c2.

The operation is as follows: The cover and 8o base B' are sterilizedbefore the butter' or other material is placed therein. Usually asterilized sheet of waxed paper or the like is laid over the -plate B',covering the same and projecting outwardly at the sides and ends, asshown in Fig. 1, and the butter or other article placed thereon. Whenthe cover is forced downwardly over the same and engages oninsulating-base, said paper provides a packing to prevent contaminationfrom 9o without. The cover is then secured in position by means of thewires, of which the loop of the wire C is carried upwardly over theloops c c2, forming the handle and lock, respectivel y, secured on thelooped wire C', and 95 rests on the projecting ends c3 of the loop c2,which is then pushed downwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 3, inwhich position, as clearly shown, the .loop of the wire C falls belowthe point of attachment of the loop of Icc the-wire C', whereby strainon the wire C acts to more eifectively hold the lock in po- IVO sition.Should it be desired to open the receptacle, it is only necessary toengage the locking-loop c2, pulling the same upwardly to the positionshown in Figs. l and 2. The projecting ends of c8 act as a catch,lifting the loop of the Wire C upwardly from the loop C', with theeffect of separating ordissociating loops and permitting the cover to belifted from the receptacle.

Obviously the handle operates entirely independent ofthe lock, and it isalso obvious that by the operation of the said lock the cover is boundmuch more rmly to the insulating-base than Would be the case were saidlock not used.

Many details of construction may be varied Without departing from theprincipleof my invention.

I claim as my inventionm l. The combination with an insulating-base of adome-shaped cover thereon, a bottom or base plate fitting loosely Withinsaid cover and held from contact therewith, a packing abutting strip onsaid base-plate and means for locking said cover on the insulating-base.

2. The combination with a thermally-insulating base of a non-absorbentbase-plate removably secured and held from movement thereon, a coverforming a dome-shaped receptacle engaging on said insulating-base, outof contact with the base-plate, reinforcing means on said cover, andmeans carried on said insulating-base adapted to locksaid cover thereto.

3. In a device of the class described a lock adapted to firmly grip thecover to the base comprising upwardly-extending looped parts secured onthe base, one of the parts adapted to pass through the other, meansthereon adapted to engage a part on the other and force said loops inopposite directions, and a handle carried on one of said parts.

4. In a delivery-package a thermally-insulating base Wires securedthereon and extending upwardly therefrom, a receptacle-cover adapted tofit closely on the base and above which the said Wires extend, meanscarried on one of the Wires adapted to engage the other and force themin opposite directions across the cover, said Wires cooperating tostrain cover against the insulating-base and a permanent handle carriedon one of the Wires.

5. The combination with an insulating-base provided With marginalgrooves and recesses in its top of a non-absorbent base-plate hav- /ingan upwardly-extending marginal ange adapted to engage in said recesses,a domeshapedk receptacle-cover adapted to inclose said base-plate and toengage in the grooves of the insulating-base a resilient packing on thesides and ends of the base-plate, a packing covering the base-plate andextending between t-he same and the cover and between the cover and theinsulating-base and means for locking the cover in position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

' WILLIAM B. PAGE.

ALFRED C. ODELL.

